Paroles et traduction Dalida - Tenia Dieciocho Anos

Tenia Dieciocho Anos

La tarde que le conocí,
él acababa de cumplir
Dieciocho años.
Era el verano claro está,
Y yo empezaba a soñar
Con mi pasado.
Ante un espejo le fingí
Que maquillaba mi nariz
Para mirarle.
Cuando me vi tan cerca de él
Habría dado no sé qué
Por conquistarle.
Me sonrió con intención
Y fue su edad la explicación
De su victoria.
No quiso hablarme del amor,
Pues según él esa cuestión
Es otra historia.
Me dijo tú me vas muy bien,
Eres igual que la mujer
De "El Graduado".
Yo no me pude resistir
Y entre sus brazos descubrí,
Un sol dorado.
Dieciocho años nada más
Eso le hizo ser audaz
Mas que insolente.
Cuando llegué a despertar,
Solo sentí la soledad
Indiferente.
Por un momento pretendí
El retenerlo junto a mí,
Pero no quise.
Me dijo no has estado mal,
Con un candor tan infernal,
Antes de irse.
Entonces tuve que fingir
Que maquillaba mi nariz,
Para no verle...
Y estuve a punto de olvidar
Que yo le doblaba la edad.

I Was Eighteen

The afternoon I met him,
He had just turned
Eighteen.
It was summer of course,
And I was beginning to dream
About my past.
In front of a mirror I pretended to
Touch up my nose
To look at him.
When I saw myself so close to him
I would have given anything
To win him over.
He smiled at me with intent
And it was his age that explained
His victory.
He didn't want to talk to me about love,
Because according to him that question
Is another story.
He said you're very good for me,
You're just like the woman
From "The Graduate".
I couldn't resist
And in his arms I discovered,
A golden sun.
Eighteen years and nothing more
That made him bold
But more than insolent.
When I came to awake,
I only felt the loneliness
Indifferent.
For a moment I pretended
To hold him close to me,
But I didn't want to.
He said you weren't bad,
With such infernal candor,
Before leaving.
Then I had to pretend
To touch up my nose,
So as not to see him...
And I was about to forget
That I was twice his age.